Fillable Printable 2008 Form 2441
Fillable Printable 2008 Form 2441
2008 Form 2441
OMB No. 1545-0074
Child and Dependent Care Expenses
2441
Form
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Attach to Form 1040 or Form 1040NR.
Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
Attachment
Sequence No. 21
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See separate instructions.
Name(s) shown on return
Your social security number
Persons or Organizations Who Provided the Care—You must complete this part.
(If you have more than two care providers, see the instructions.)
(b) Address
(number, street, apt. no., city, state, and ZIP code)
(d) Amount paid
(see instructions)
(c) Identifying number
(SSN or EIN)
1
(a) Care provider’s
name
Credit for Child and Dependent Care Expenses
2
Add the amounts in column (c) of line 2. Do not enter more than $3,000 for one qualifying
person or $6,000 for two or more persons. If you completed Part III, enter the amount from
line 35
Enter your earned income. See instructions
3
3
If married filing jointly, enter your spouse’s earned income (if your spouse was a student
or was disabled, see the instructions); all others, enter the amount from line 4
4
4
Enter the smallest of line 3, 4, or 5
5
5
6
7
Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 38, or Form
1040NR, line 36
7
3
Decimal
amount is
If line 7 is:
Decimal
amount is
If line 7 is:
But not
over
Over
But not
over
Over
.27
$29,000—31,000
.35
$0—15,000
.26
31,000—33,000
.34
15,000—17,000
.25
33,000—35,000
.33
17,000—19,000
.24
35,000—37,000
.32
19,000—21,000
.23
37,000—39,000
.31
21,000—23,000
.30
23,000—25,000
Multiply line 6 by the decimal amount on line 8. If you paid 2007 expenses in 2008, see
the instructions
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Form 2441 (2008)
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see page 4 of the instructions.
Cat. No. 11862M
Part I
Part II
Enter on line 8 the decimal amount shown below that applies to the amount on line 7
Did you receive
dependent care benefits?
Yes
No
8
Complete only Part II below.
Complete Part III on the back next.
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Caution. If the care was provided in your home, you may owe employment taxes. See the instructions for Form 1040, line 60, or
Form 1040NR, line 56.
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(99)
Information about your qualifying person(s). If you have more than two qualifying persons, see the instructions.
(a) Qualifying person’s name
First
Last
(b) Qualifying person’s social
security number
(c) Qualified expenses you
incurred and paid in 2008 for the
person listed in column (a)
8
6
9
25,000—27,000
27,000—29,000
.29
.28
39,000—41,000
41,000—43,000
43,000—No limit
.22
.21
.20
10
12
10
13
Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 46, or
Form 1040NR, line 43
Credit for child and dependent care expenses. Enter the smaller of line 9 or line 12
here and on Form 1040, line 48, or Form 1040NR, line 45
Enter the amount from Form 1040, line 47, or Form
1040NR, line 44
11
12
Subtract line 11 from line 10. If zero or less, stop. You cannot take the credit
11
13
20
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Dependent Care Benefits
Enter the total amount of dependent care benefits you received in 2008. Amounts you
received as an employee should be shown in box 10 of your Form(s) W-2. Do not include
amounts reported as wages in box 1 of Form(s) W-2. If you were self-employed or a partner,
include amounts you received under a dependent care assistance program from your sole
proprietorship or partnership
Enter the amount, if any, you carried over from 2007 and used in 2008 during the grace
period. See instructions
Enter the amount, if any, you forfeited or carried forward to 2009. See instructions
Enter the total amount of qualified expenses incurred
in 2008 for the care of the qualifying person(s)
15
18
19
Enter the smaller of line 17 or 18
16
Enter your earned income. See instructions
18
20
Enter the amount shown below that applies
to you.
21
Enter the smallest of line 19, 20, or 21
19
22
Enter the amount from line 14 that you received from your sole proprietorship or partnership.
If you did not receive any such amounts, enter -0-
20
23
Taxable benefits. Subtract line 29 from line 24. If zero or less, enter -0-. Also, include this
amount on Form 1040, line 7, or Form 1040NR, line 8. On the dotted line next to Form
1040, line 7, or Form 1040NR, line 8, enter “DCB”
21
30
Part III
To claim the child and dependent care
credit, complete lines 31 through 35 below.
31
32
33
22
23
30
31
Enter $3,000 ($6,000 if two or more qualifying persons)
Subtract line 32 from line 31. If zero or less, stop. You cannot take the credit.
Exception. If you paid 2007 expenses in 2008, see the instructions for line 9
Enter the smaller of line 33 or 34. Also, enter this amount on line 3 on the front of this
form and complete lines 4 through 13
Add lines 26 and 29
35
32
33
35
15
16
14
14
Complete line 2 on the front of this form. Do not include in column (c) any benefits shown
on line 32 above. Then, add the amounts in column (c) and enter the total here
34
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● If married filing jointly, enter your
spouse’s earned income (if your spouse
was a student or was disabled, see the
instructions for line 5).
● If married filing separately, see the
instructions for the amount to enter.
● All others, enter the amount from line 20.
%
Subtract line 23 from line 17
24
Enter $5,000 ($2,500 if married filing separately and you were required to enter your
spouse’s earned income on line 21)
25
Deductible benefits. Enter the smallest of line 22, 23, or 25. Also, include this amount
on the appropriate line(s) of your return. See instructions
26
Enter the smaller of line 22 or 25
27
Enter the amount from line 26
28
Excluded benefits. Subtract line 28 from line 27. If zero or less, enter -0-
29
27
28
24
25
26
29
17
17
Combine lines 14 through 16. See instructions
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